Iroekwe Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iroekwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Iroekwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614

Iroekwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iroekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Iroekwe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Iroekwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Iroekwe live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 62 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Iroekwe occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Irokwe92638/
Irekwe9222/
Irokweh863/
Irakwe7729/
Irukwe7716/
Urokwe773/
Irogwe773/
Urekwe773/
Irokwa772/
Iregwe772/
Irokwy771/
Iroegbe7110/
Irokwai717/
Iroukwa716/
Irohegbe671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Iroekwe
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